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There's no business like show business (Videotape)
- Title
- There's no business like show business (Videotape)
- Publication
- 1954.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIA 4-1079 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 cassette. 117 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Ups and downs of a show biz family over the years. Film preceded by 5 additional min. of advertisements.
- Subjects
- Note
- Motion picture originally released in 1954 by Twentieth Century Fox; rereleased as a videotape in 1988 by CBS/Fox Video, Livonia, Michigan. Producer: Sol C. Siegel. Director: Walter Lang.
- Choreography: Robert Alton, Jack Cole [Marilyn Monroe's numbers; uncredited on film]. Music/lyrics: Irving Berlin. Screenplay: Phoebe and Henry Ephron, from a story by Lamar Trotti. Art direction: Lyle Wheeler, John De Cuir. Costumes: Miles White, Billy Travilla.
- Performer (note)
- Ethel Merman (Molly Donahue), Dan Dailey (Terry Donahue), Donald O'Connor (Tim), Mitzi Gaynor (Katy), Johnnie Ray (Steve), Marilyn Monroe (Vicky Parker), and others.
- Contents
- DANCE CONTENTS. - Includes many song and dance numbers for Merman, Dailey, Gaynor, O'Connor, and others. Particularly notable are: "Alexander's ragtime band" production number, which contains a tap solo for O'Connor in Scottish costume and a dance for Gaynor and the ensemble. "Heat wave" (choreography: Cole), perf. by Monroe and male ensemble. "A man chases a girl," perf. by O'Connor with female ensemble. "Lazy," sung by Monroe, danced by Gaynor and O'Connor. "A sailor's not a sailor," perf. by Gaynor, Merman, and ensemble. Benefit show, including brief glimpse of ballet performance. "There's no business like show business" production number, including dancers and roller skaters.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1079
- OCLC
- NYPY906045340-F
- Title
- There's no business like show business (Videotape)
- Imprint
- 1954.
- Cast
- Ethel Merman (Molly Donahue), Dan Dailey (Terry Donahue), Donald O'Connor (Tim), Mitzi Gaynor (Katy), Johnnie Ray (Steve), Marilyn Monroe (Vicky Parker), and others.
- Local Subject
- Variety dancing.
- Local Subject
- Roller-skating.Motion pictures. There's no business like show business.
- Added Author
- Merman, Ethel, performer.Dailey, Dan, performer.O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003, performer.Gaynor, Mitzi, 1931-2024 performer.Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962, performer.Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, composer.Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, lyricist.Alton, Robert, 1897-1957, choreographer.Cole, Jack, 1911-1974, choreographer.Siegel, Sol C., 1903-1982, film producer.Lang, Walter, 1898-1972, film director.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-1079